by CHRISTINE REDFERN

Despite the chilling air, outside is often where it's at for art this fall. For one, the news has already spread that DARE-DARE has moved out of its former gallery space at 460 Ste-Catherine W. and is now working side-by-side with the punks down in Viger Square (between Berri and St-Denis). The first intervention at the new location is called (This is) What happens when a thing is maintained (?). Next to the gold on-site trailer that houses Dare-Dare's office, artist Doug Scholes will build two structures made of wax bricks. The precarious building materials will start to deteriorate soon after it's assembled, and Scholes will be kept busy continuously repairing and maintaining them throughout the exhibition (opening Sept. 17, 5-9 p.m.).

The SAT's Art&D exhibition also spreads out into the public domain. Taking centre stage away from the skateboarders is the temporary installation of Nicolas Reeves' Cloud Harp in the park adjoining the SAT on St-Laurent. The piece uses an infrared laser beam to read the movement of the clouds and transforms the data into sounds and music. Inside the gallery, the exhibition continues with nine more digital art installations, bringing together many of the SAT regulars: Axel Morgenthaler, Luc Courchesne and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. There are artist talks by each participant on Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the month of September that should be worth checking out. See www.sat.qc.ca for all the details.

Frip trip

In November, Articule joins in with another spin on the out-of-gallery experience with the group exhibition USED/Goods. Organized by the Cut Rate Collective, the event will take place at the Salvation Army (1620 Notre-Dame W.) in St-Henri. If all this talk is making you crave a really big fix to satisfy your public art needs, look no further than the upcoming, much anticipated 4e Biennale de Montréal (Sept. 24-Oct. 31). AGORA: Public Domain and Public Art is billed as a showcase of projects that connect the visual arts to architecture, furniture and signage design, landscaping and town planning. Artistic director Claude Gosselin has amassed multiple interdisciplinary exhibitions and colloquiums to tackle issues surrounding art and urban space. The exhibitions will be in the old Montreal Gazette building (250 St. Antoine W.), the esplanade at Place des Arts, UQÀM's Design Centre (1440 Sanguinet) and the Palais des congrès. All participating artists, locations, discussions and events can be viewed at www.ciac.ca.

Though it doesn't take place in a park, the exhibition to see if you like playing with balls is Marc Fournel's Tontauben at Oboro. Roll the electronic balls around the gallery and generate your own soundscape (opening Sept. 18, 5 p.m.). Downstairs, Dazibao starts the season off with a bang with Louise Noguchi's seductive colour photographs and videos of firing guns, shooters and falling cowboys (opening Sept. 11, 3 p.m.). And at VOX, curator Marie Fraser has put together Fabulations, an exhibition showing the compelling and at times slightly twisted photographs of Janieta Eyre, the Sanchez brothers, Jesper Just and Scott McFarland (until Oct. 16).

Lastly, don't forget to save time for the upcoming Festival de Nouveau Cinéma Nouveaux Médias (October 14-24), as well as La Centrale's biennial performance art festival. This year's edition of La mois de la performance presents performances, workshops and discussions by artist/commissioners Sylvie Cotton, Tagny Duff and Aiyyana Maracle with invited artists from Finland (Essi Kausalainen, Marja Mikkonen), Cuba (Glenda Leon, Tania Bruguera) and Canada (Margaret Dragu, Thirza Cuthand). Consult www.lacentrale.org for schedule and daily blog throughout October. Enjoy.